Officials say cherif and said kouachi exchanged gunfire. The brothers reportly called a french tv station saying they were commissioned by alqaeda defending the prophet mohammed. We also a know alqaeda release add video today confirming that they are taking responsibility. Meanwhile inside a kosher supermarket east of Paris Police Say another accused terrorist Amedy Coulibaly killed four hostages. He called the same television station saying he synchronized his attack with the kouachis and saying he was a member of isis. He also murdered a Police Officer in a shootout yesterday. At least 10 hostages they fled for safety today and amidst the chaos the female suspect is thought to have escaped with them. Today president obama sent his condolences to those who were killed and said america stands with france against the terrorists. The world has seen once again what terrorists stand for. They have nothing to offer but hatred and human suffering and we stand for freedom and hope and the dig
Women. Police say keep your purse connected to your body and never leave unattended. Even for a split second because you never know whos watching. I think its the volume of shoppers also, i think the restrictions on credit cards as far as asking for identification or verifying signatures has gotten very lax and thats the reason that these people can come out and commit these fraud so easily. Reporter and they know that. They know that. Reporter and dont forget the criminals are canvassing parking lots so if you can, put gifts in your trunk and keep the number of gifts in your vehicle to a minimum. Im live in cherry hill, chad pradelli, channel6 action news. All right, important lesson and thank you chad. We are heading into the last weekend to get some shopping done before christmas and Everyone Wants know if the weather will cooperate. Meteorologist Melissa Magee in for adam joseph today. Melissa more days like today would be more than welcome. Brian and shirleen i think youre in for
Now and it hasnt been a very pleasant day. Its been cold, its been damp. Temperatures though, buffer freezing. This is going to change tonight. Philadelphia 38, millville 37, allentown 36 and wilmington 37 degrees. The big problem with this evenings commute is the fog. So, you do want to take it very slow. Now, a wider view on Storm Tracker 6 live double scan showing this is a cold front that will move through later this evening. There is a little bit of snow associated with this so some of us could see a couple snow showers at the end but what this front will do is shift the winds out of the northwest and that will bring us plunging temps in the overnight hours and this is the concern with the refreeze. Right now toronto is 28 degrees detroit 25, cleveland 26 degrees. Thats the air mass that will be moving through in the overnight hours. So the refreeze will be a big problem tomorrow morning. So, this is what to expect overnight. The rain will completely clear the coast by midnight. A
And a half of rainfall. More than an inch there in dover, close to threequarters of an inch for both lancaster and philadelphia. Allentown coming in with. 64. Visibility also big concern if youre doing some traveling on this Christmas Eve. Down a half mile in philadelphia and 1. 3 miles in the poconos and down a mile in wilmington. So well talk about what we can expect for the rest of the evening. Periods of rain will continue. Big concern with ponding on roads which will trigger travel delays. Were also tracking near record warmth later on tonight. All of those details coming up with the accuweather forecast. Brian. Melissa thank you. Of course we want to tell you about some new features weve added to our Storm Tracker 6 app. You can now report your weather. Tap the icon matching your Current Conditions and add your own photo. Also share a digital postcard using a photo from your mobile device like your favorite weather picture and share it with family and friends and of course us. Do
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